2x10 Sales Resistance - I Love Lucy Episode Guide

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- Episode 02x10

Episode: 02x10
Title: Sales Resistance
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 045
First Aired: Jan. 26, 1953

Summary: Ricky tries to get Lucy to stop being a sucker for a sales pitch.

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FAKE: When Ricky sings "Rock-a-Bye Baby", he mixes up the verses towards the end. This was a genuine goof by Desi Arnaz. They considered filming another take but decided the scene was so purely emotional that it was left in.

CBS broadcast standards refused to allow the word "pregnant" to be uttered by any of the characters, so they said that Lucy was "expecting" instead. While this episode title uses "enceinte", the French word for "pregnant", the following episode (#2.11) uses the forbidden word in its title.
Desi Arnaz accidentally flubbed the "Rock-a-bye Baby" song when Lucy confirmed being pregnant. They were originally going to do another take, but because Desi and Lucy's reactions were so natural they decided to leave it alone.
Lucy and Ricky are crying as the episode comes to a close; the tears shed by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were real.
Lucy was five months pregnant at the time this episode was filmed.

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